Search by default in different browsers

Search the Internet through the services providedbrowser, it is convenient that you do not need to enter the address of the search engine first, and then "ask" Google or Yandex for what you want to know. You have enough Enter your query in the browser search bar or even in the address bar, and the browser will open to you the search engine's page already with the search results.

Usually, the browser is configured default search - that is, one of the search engines is selected inquality of the main. But not always this search engine is user-friendly. Also, some programs can change the default search, if you forgot to remove the check mark. How do I change the default search in this case?

Mozilla Firefox

Change the default search engine to search bar Mozilla Firefox quite simply. Click on the arrow next to the search engine icon in the search bar: a drop-down list of available search engines will appear, and below it will be the item "Manage search plug-ins". Click on it, a window opens with a list of available search engines. Select the desired system with a single mouse click and move it to the top of the list by pressing the "Up" button.

If you need to change the default search to address bar Mozilla Firefox, enter the text in it about: config. A warning pops up. Click on the button "I promise that I will be careful!". A list of parameters (keys) to which you can assign specific values ​​will be displayed.

In the "filter" line, enter Keyword.URL. There must be one key left in the list. Click on it with the right mouse button and choose the context menu item "Edit". Enter the appropriate value:

• For Google, http://www.google.com/search?q=


• For Yandex - http://yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=


• For Bing - http://www.bing.com/search?q=

You can substitute other domains, for example, google.ru or yandex.ua. Click OK. - the default search is changed!

Opera

To change default search engine in Opera, click on the arrow next to the current iconmain search engine in the search bar and in the drop-down list of search engines, select the last line - "Configure search." You can also open the search settings by selecting "Menu" - "Settings" - "General settings" - the "Search" tab.

In the window that opens, select with a single clickMouse the search engine that you want to make the default search, and click on the "Edit" button. In the window that opens, click the "Details" button and tick the checkbox "Use as default search service". Click OK to save the changes.

In addition, when searching through the address bar, you can select the desired search engine, adding a certain Latin letter before the text of the search query, for example, g for Google, y for Yandex, m [email protected], w for Wikipedia. For example, if you type "y school" in the address bar, the search results for the word "school" in the Yandex search system will open.

Internet Explorer

In the Internet Explorer browser, the default search is performed by the Bing search engine. To assign a different search engine as the default search engine, in the main menu of the browser, find the "Service" item, click on it and select "Internet Options" in the drop-down list.

In the window that opens, select the "General" tab(it will be active by default), find the item "Search" in it and click on the "Options" button. The search parameters window should open. In it you can see list of available search engines, near one of them will be marked "by default".

Click on the name of the search engine,which will be used for the default search, and click on the "Set defaults" button. Then click OK in the search properties and browser properties window. restart browser.

Google Chrome

To Change your default search engine in Google Chrome, click the wrench icon (it's locatedon the browser toolbar) and select "Options." In the options window go to the "Basic" tab, find the section "Search by default" in it. Select the desired search engine in the drop-down menu, if it is not there - click "Manage" and in the "Search engines" dialog box that opens, select the desired search engine. Click "Set as default search engine", then click the "Close" button.